Rehearsing an opera in Georgian London
What did it mean to rehearse an opera in the Georgian theatre? An obvious question, perhaps; after all, there must be a schedule or timetable of rehearsals to consult, and it cannot be entirely dissimilar to the opera house on the continent - for which we do have records - or that of today, given th...
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| description | What did it mean to rehearse an opera in the Georgian theatre? An obvious question, perhaps; after all, there must be a schedule or timetable of rehearsals to consult, and it cannot be entirely dissimilar to the opera house on the continent - for which we do have records - or that of today, given that we are still performing some of the same repertoire. But like many aspects of Georgian theatre, to say that the available material is only fragmentary evidence would be generous; even very little performing material survives. This paper returns to the few scraps of information that we do have, and suggests a routine that was entirely different to what might be assumed. It will focus, ultimately, on the London opera seasons of 1754-55 and 1755-6, seasons in which the difficulties between the opera promoter Vanneschi and the soprano Regina Mingotti became public in a spectacular manner. The sensational scandals which bedevilled the seasons – Vanneschi was an accused party to a new gunpowder plot, and was separately thrown, bankrupt, into the Fleet prison – tend to obscure the importance of the information revealed by Mingotti about the rehearsal processes for opera. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a3186565-1a3d-4317-8b9c-fdc045758c0d2022-03-27T02:24:30ZRehearsing an opera in Georgian LondonConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:a3186565-1a3d-4317-8b9c-fdc045758c0dOperaPerformance18th Century musicEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2008Burden, MWhat did it mean to rehearse an opera in the Georgian theatre? An obvious question, perhaps; after all, there must be a schedule or timetable of rehearsals to consult, and it cannot be entirely dissimilar to the opera house on the continent - for which we do have records - or that of today, given that we are still performing some of the same repertoire. But like many aspects of Georgian theatre, to say that the available material is only fragmentary evidence would be generous; even very little performing material survives. This paper returns to the few scraps of information that we do have, and suggests a routine that was entirely different to what might be assumed. It will focus, ultimately, on the London opera seasons of 1754-55 and 1755-6, seasons in which the difficulties between the opera promoter Vanneschi and the soprano Regina Mingotti became public in a spectacular manner. The sensational scandals which bedevilled the seasons – Vanneschi was an accused party to a new gunpowder plot, and was separately thrown, bankrupt, into the Fleet prison – tend to obscure the importance of the information revealed by Mingotti about the rehearsal processes for opera. |
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